Drain-pipe plug and flushing-nozzle.



W GOLES. DRAIN PIPE PLUG AND YLUSHING NOZZL'B,

Patented .Imm 6; 1911.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

A. GOLES, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR F ON-HALF T0 ULYSSES A.. BRETINGg' OF'CANTON, OHIO. L f

DRAIN-PIPE PLUG ,AND FLUSHING-NOZZLE.

Patented June e, i911.

'Appiication fusa August 1s, 1910. serial No; 577,509.

Tov all wkma'i may camera:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. GOLES,

' a citizen of the'vUnited States, residing at Canton, in the county of lStark and State of Ohio, have invented, Iacertain new and i useful, DrainLPipe Plug and Flushing-Nozzle, of which the following is a specification. The invention relates Vto a nozzle 'applied to hose for. flushing drain pipes, and adapt ed tobe used as a Vplug when made detach-` able fromlthe hose.

In ,flushing drain pipes with hose, it is diiiieultl to make a tight joint between the hose and the opening of the drain pipe, and a principal object of the present improvement is to overcome this diliiculty by providing a resilient tapered nozzle adapted to be wedged inthe drain opening and having an 'annular shoulder Vadapted to be seated around the mouth of the opening to loompletely seal the joint.

A further feature of thednlprovement invblves the use of a nozzle having two or more tapered sections of different sizes adapt-- ed to fit drain openings of different diameters, and so arranged that'the lower end of the larger section forms the sealing shoulder for the ysmaller section.

The improvement also includes the use of such' a nozzle, when made detachable from the hose, as'an ordinary drain pipe plug, by merely closing the aperture in the nozzle with a screw cap, having an ordinary ring or other handle thereon.

A preferred form of the invention,V thu set-forth in general terms, is illustrated in the 4accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in whichl y Figure 1 isthe'section of a wash basin showing a hose connl cted with the faucet and showin the V'im roved nozzle on the other end o the hose, inserted for use in the drain opening; Fig. 2, afragmentary section of a. bath tub showing a liushing hose with a detachable nozzle inserted for 4use in the drain opening; and Fig. 3, a sectional' view of a detached lnozzle with its aperture closed by a screw cap, and adapted to be used as a plug.

' Similar numerals referto similar throughout thegrawing.

The hose 1 is connected at its upper end with the faucet 2, preferably by slipping itI parts' connection is not essential and forms no part of the present invention.

The nozzle 3 or 3a is preferably made of resilient material, as tough rubberl or the llke, and is either formed integral with the lower free end of the hose, as shown' in Fig. 1; or is provided with the axial aperture 4 preferably lined with the sheet metal 5 adapted to be screwed onto the usual hose tting 6, as shown in F ig. 2. In either case, the lower section 7 or 7a ofthe nozzle is formedas a truncated cone of such a size as will fit tightly by being wedged into the drain pipe opening of a wash basin; and the the opening, thus completely sealing the joint, as lshown in Fig. 1; and the annular fiange '10 or 10a is provided around the upper endl of the larger section forming the shoulder 11 or 11l which is adapted to be seated `around the mouth of the bathtub drain opening when the larger section is wedged in the opening, as shown in Fig. 2.

vIn either case, the resilience of thema- .te'rial out of'which the nozzle is made per. mits the nozzle section pertaining to a particular opening to be wedged therein until the corresponding shoulder is firmly seated around the mouth of the opening, thus completely sea-ling the joint.

Whenthe nozzle is made detachable, as shown in Fig. 2, it is adapted to be used as an ordinary plug by merely unscrewing it from the hose and then securing the screw cap 12 in the axial opening, which cap is preferably provided with. the ring 13 which in turn is connected with the .usual plug chain 14, as shown in Fig. 3.

VIt will be-understocd that the scope of the invention is notlimited to the use vof two truncated cone-sections, as shown in the drawings, although such form of the nozzle is` satisfactory for ordinary purposes; and it will furthermore be understood that in the-use of a nozzle as a plug it is immaterial whether the nozzle is made up of one or more-cone-shaped sections. And in event the drain pipe openings of Wash basins and bath tubs are made of standard sizes, it is evident Vthat the. sections of the nozzle can be. made of corres onding sizesy toexactly fit the opening, an` in such case it is not essential to make the nozzle of resilient material.,

vI claim:

l. A- nozzle for flushing drain pipes formed in sections of different sized trun cated cones,`the lower end of the larger section forming a shoulder 'around the upper end of the. smaller section, and a shoulder being formed around the larger end of the upper section.

2. A nozzle for flushing drain pipes made of reslientlmaterial and formed in sectionsv of different sized truncated cones, the lower .end of the larger section forming a shoulder around the upper endof the smallerl section, and a shoulder being formed around the larger end of the upper section,

3. IA nozzle for flushing drain' pipes.

formed in sections of `different/sized truncated cones, the lower end 'o the larger section forming a shoulder around the upper end of the smaller section, and a .shoulder `being Jformed around the larger end of the upper section, there being an axial aperture in the nozzle provided with a screw thread adapted to receive ahose-fitting or a screw'- cap. l 5' 4. A nozzle for flushing' drain 'pipe made of resilient material and 'formed in s ctions of different sized truncated cones, 'the lower around the "upper end of the smaller section, and a shoulder being formed around the larger end of the' upper section, there being an axial aperture in the nozzle provided with a screivthread adapted to receive a hose-fitting or a screw-cap.

5'. A nozzle for flushing drain pipes made of resilient material having atruncated cone section with a. shoulder around the larger end and having an axial aperture thereinprovided with a screw thread adapted-to receive a hoseditting or a screw-cap.

' 6. A nozzle for flushing drain pipes having a .truncated cone section with a shoulf der @round the larger end and havingan axial aperture therein provided with a `screw; thread adapted to receive a hose-litting! or a screw-cap.

fWr'LLIAM A.' cores.

, Witnesses t Fimo. J. Zn'rrrma, RUTH A. MILLER.

end of the larger section forming a shoulder 

